Casey, pablo, clayton -part 2
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Casey, Pablo, Clayton…Part 2
CaricatureCaricature• What is it?What is it?
– a description of a person using exaggerationexaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplificationoversimplification of others
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– “CARICATURE” sounds like “character” = cartoon character– Jim Carry is famous for facial caricatures = he shows all kinds of distorted faces
• Example:Example:“Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance
of having a good deal of train oil in his system. Mrs. Chadband is a stern, severe-looking, silent woman. Mr. Chadband moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright. “
“Bleak House” by Charles Dickens
Conceit/Extended Conceit/Extended MetaphorMetaphor
• What is it? What is it? A LITERARY DEVICE– A metaphor that has been “extended” throughout a series of sentences
• How to Remember!How to Remember!• An extended metaphor = one that has been “extended” longer than 1 sentence• CONCEITED people spend a lot of time making themselves pretty = a conceit is an ELABORATE metaphor
• Example:Example:Emily Dickinson’s “Hope as a Little Bird”
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,”
Will Ferrell, Commencement Address at Harvard University, 2003"I graduated from the University of Life. All right? I received a degree from the School of Hard Knocks. And our colors were black and blue, baby. I had office hours with the Dean of Bloody Noses. All right? I borrowed my class notes from Professor Knuckle Sandwich and his Teaching Assistant, Ms. Fat Lip Thon Nyun. That’s the kind of school I went to for real, okay?”
JuxtapositionJuxtaposition• What is it? What is it? A LITERARY DEVICE
– A personperson, conceptconcept, placeplace, ideaidea or theme theme placed parallel to another– To highlight the contrast/compare the two– Similar to FOILFOIL characters OROR an “oxymoron” (“alone in a crowd”)
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– Juxt(just)+a+pose = people stand side by side ‘cuz its just a pose for a picture!
• Example:Example:Juxtaposed Characters:Romeo & TybaltThe Prince and the PauperSherlock Holmes & WatsonCinderella & her Step-sisters
Juxtaposed Imagery:
A baby with a machine gun
A caveman using a microwave
A tycoon pushing a limousine
A bright, striped canoe on a still blue lake
ThemeTheme• What is it? What is it? LITERARY ELEMENT
– The centralcentral and dominating ideaidea in a literary work.
– Not stated Not stated by the author but inferred inferred from the text.
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– A “Cars” themed birthday party:Lots of things happen at the party that may or may not directly relate to the movie “Cars”,
but when you look at the big picture, the main idea of the party was “Cars”.– Someone’s THEME SONG tells us ‘what they’re about’.
• Examples of Themes:Examples of Themes:Coming of Age Coming of Age Everlasting Love Good vs. Evil Good vs. Evil HeroismHeroism Betrayal Betrayal
Identity Crisis Isolation Isolation Loss of InnocenceLoss of Innocence Power and Corruption Power and Corruption FamilyFamilyImmortalityImmortality Death Self-AwarenessSelf-Awareness War Ephemeral Beauty Ephemeral Beauty JealousyJealousy
TragedyTragedy• What is it? What is it? LITERARY GENRE
– A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy endingunhappy ending– In literature: ANY COMPOSITION WITH A ANY COMPOSITION WITH A SOMBER THEMESOMBER THEME– Usually a playplay
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– Root word is TRAGICTRAGIC, ‘cuz the play is tragic!
• Examples:Examples:
TitanicTitanic Julius Caesar Julius Caesar King Lear King Lear HamletHamlet
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet OthelloOthello
MacbethMacbeth Tristan and IsoldeTristan and Isolde
EpicEpic• What is it? What is it? GENRE OF CLASSICAL POETRY
• Long poem narrating the adventures of a hero or the history of a nationLong poem narrating the adventures of a hero or the history of a nation1. Vast Geographic Setting 4. Towering Hero of superhuman strength 2. Elevated/”Lofty” style diction (body, character or mind)3. Theme involving universal human problems 5. Central incident involving legendary material
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– Modern Use of EPIC: heroic or grand in scale/character
• Examples: Examples: Divine Comedy Divine Comedy Moby Dick Moby Dick Homer’s Odyssey Homer’s Odyssey Beowulf Beowulf Paradise Lost Paradise Lost The IliadThe Iliad
PastoralPastoral• What is it?What is it? LITERARY COMPOSITION
– dealing with the life of dealing with the life of shepherdsshepherds or with a or with a simple, rural existencesimple, rural existence– Describes theDescribes the simplicitysimplicity, , charmcharm, and , and serenityserenity attributed to attributed to country lifecountry life
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– ““PastoralPastoral” sounds like “” sounds like “pasturepasture”, which is a ”, which is a grazing area for farm animalsgrazing area for farm animals– Comes from the Latin word “Comes from the Latin word “pastorpastor” meaning “” meaning “shepherdshepherd””
• Example:Example:The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
by Christopher Marlowe
Come live with me and be my Love, There will we sit upon the rocks
And we will all the pleasures prove And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
That hills and valleys, dale and field, By shallow rivers, to whose falls
And all the craggy mountains yield. Melodious birds sing madrigals.
FableFable• What is it? What is it? A STORY
– A short story short story used to teach a moral (some incorporate myths/legends)
– Usually has animalsanimals as characters– FABLE: FABLE: contains parables, allegories, folklore…
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– Aesop’s fablesAesop’s fables were little stories that taught moral lessons were little stories that taught moral lessons
• Example:Example:Aesop’s FablesAesop’s Fables
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Hero’s JourneyHero’s Journey• What is it?What is it? PATTERN OF NARRATIVE
Narrative of the typical adventure of the archetype “The Hero”
• How to Remember!How to Remember!– HERO’S JOURNEYHERO’S JOURNEY = = The classic literary The classic literary journey journey of a of a herohero
• Example:Example:
STEPS:STEPS:The Hero’s JourneyThe Call : invites the initiate or hero into the adventureThe Threshold : the “jumping off point” or interface between the known and the unknownThe Threshold Guardians : people who block passage into the journey (protectors)The Helpers : provide assistance or directionThe Mentor : the most important helper; the guideThe Challenges and Temptations : tests that force the initiate or hero to change and growThe Talisman : a gift to help the initiate or heroThe Abyss : the greatest challenge of the journeyThe Revelation : a sudden, dramatic change in the way the initiate or hero thinks about or views lifeThe Transformation : a “dying” and being “reborn”; a changeThe Atonement : to be “at-one” with the new self and lifeThe Gift and Return : a return to everyday life, to begin contributing to one’s society; the gift may be a spiritual message